The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-30
DETROIT WINS BY LUCK
The Indianapolis Club Does Better Play
ING, but Is Beaten by Two Scores.
Kirby's Failure TO Control the Ball Causes
the Loss Of the Game-rhe Contests
in Other Cities Yesterday.

The Indians polis club played with fewer err
rors than their opponents yesterday, outbatted
them more than two to one. ran bases with as
good judgment. and. in short played as good a
game of ball, and yet the end of the ninth inning
found them two runs behind their formidable
adversaries the Detroits To Kirby's failure to
control the ball more than to all else combined
Is due the loss of the game, and wet had it not
been for Bassett's muf Of a high fly to right
field in the eighth inning, whereby two men
scored after two men were out, and had not
Hanlon made phenomenal capture of Denny's
great hit TO left center, which ought to have
bedn good for home and three scores,
Indianapolis would still have won But too
many ''ifs" enter into the calculations, and the
fact remains that Detroit won. And yet. it can
be trutEfuily said that the home club have given
two exhibitions of ball-playing that would have
been creditable to anybody's club, and but for
the fact that luck that indeterminable element
that enters so largely into the shaping Of genera!
results, has been with the visitors in both games.
they would have had less TO boast of. About
two thousand people saw the contest, and were
well repaid for their attendance, for the game
was generally well played. close and exciting.
Inc -RettluE CommeuCou Will tuc AiSb
inning, when Seery went to first on balls. to
Iecond and third on Whites tumble Of Glass
cocks hit and home Shombergs fly to Han
lon. The home nine scored again in the fifth.
Bassett reaching frss on Rowes tumble, steal
ing second and crossing the plate on Cahili's hit
In the sixth inning when the score stood FIVE to
two in favor of Detroit, the Hoosiers gave an
exhibition of their batting qualities that opened
the eyes of the heavy h,tters from Michigan.
Seery for the second time got his base on balls.
Glasscock sent him around to third with spen-
did two-base hit to left field fence, and Denny
rent both across the plate with single over
Dunlaps head, himself going to second on the
sffort to field Glasscock out at home. Shom-
berg followed suit and Denny came home
Shomnerg stole second and advanced an
other base on McGaachey's sacrifice. Another
sacrifice hit by Bassett sent him home, and the
game stood six to five in favor of the home club
Cahill ended the inning by sending'a fly to Gan
Eel in left
In the seventh the Indianapolis club once more
overcome the lead Detroit had gained in the
meantime and it really looked for time as
though the game was theirs Glasscock led off
with another two-base hit, and Denny raped
the ball clear up against the right field fence for
three bases, on which Glasscock scored. Shom-
berg brought Denny in with another clean hit.
but although he got to second on Dunlap's muH
of Cahills short fly, he failed to score.
The best play of the game made by Han
Ion In the ninth. After Hackett had gone ont
from Rowe to BroutherS, Seery made q base hit,
and Glasscock got his base on called balls.
Denny took up the bat while the crowd yelled it.
self hoarse in wild endeavor to induce him TO
make home run He hit the second ball pitched
fairly on the end of his bat and sent it spinning
away over the bull PEN in the left center. the
longest hit made on the grounds this season. but
Hanlon, by remarkable running catch took it
in and saved the game for his side. Shomberg
sent up fly which CAMEL captured and the
chances for Indianapolis winning were gone
For the Detrolts. the first runs were made in the
second inning, CAMEL getting life on Glass
cocks tumble. after which Hanlon made a three
base hit and Briody single, whereby two runs
were made. In the third two more were added,
Kirby sending Dunlap and Rowe to bases on
balls Rowe was caught at second, but Cahill
let Thompson's fly get away from him and gave
the player life which resulted in a run. he
scoring q tumble of Cancels hit to right.
Rowe scored In the fifth hit sacri-
from Thompsons bat Two more were
on balls and base hit by THOMPSON
The last nail driven into the home clubs
coffin In the eighth, when they were run in
the lead. Kirby seemed utterly unable to con-
troll the ball, and after Hanlon had made base
hit sent Briody to first on balls, Hanlon mean
while filing in his leisure moments by stealing
second aud third. He scored on Weidmans hit,
by which. however, Briody wasforced out at Sec
ond. Dunlap went out from Kirby to Shom-
berg and Briody took second. Rowe was given
his base on balls and Brouthers sent up fly
back Of first base, which Basse:t muffed. per-
uniting Weidman and Rowe to score. Brouthers
was caught between second and third and the
inning ended. Following is